This page was created for Mr. Rose's class to support their research on Orphan Trains. The Orphan Train Movement occurred from 1850-1930. There is much information available about this phenomenon both in print and online.

Print Resources

Search the Riverside Media Center catalog for information about the Orphan Trains.

Search the Durham County Library catalog for information about the Orphan Trains.

Online Searches

Use Webpath Express, linked on the left side of the Riverside Media Center catalog, to find reviewed websites guaranteed not to be blocked by school filters.

NC WiseOwl links to many databases in its menu on the left side of the page. These databases include magazine articles on a wide variety of subjects.

The Internet Public Library also has a searchable database of resources.

General Websites

There are many websites relevant to your study of the Orphan Trains. These links give a good overview of the topic:

Other Topics

Mr. Rose has also incorporated the following topics into this assignment:
  • homeless children and jobs
  • orphanages
  • the Five Points neighborhood of New York City
  • entertainment, including vaudeville
  • city planning and transportation in the 1870s

See the links below for more information on each of these subjects.

Child Labor


Orphans and Orphanages


Tenements


Vaudeville


New York in the 1870s